Towed camper behind the Defender

[ctgiles84]

Towed our new MDC hard floor camper behind the Defender on Friday. Sat perfect behind the fender. Nice and level. 8psi in air bags. Installed the electric brakes previous Sunday. Powered up a hill where normally in our cruiser we would be back to 3rd/4th to get over the other side, 5th gear without a problem. Go the fender!

[Drover]

Gota be happy with that !

[ctgiles84]

Considering the trailer weighed best part of 1300kg. Have towed heavier with D3 but the td5 handled it like it was an empty box trailer.

[BilboBoggles]

Damn... I just tired out my 2003 TD5 with our new (2nd hand) camper and found it sluggish beyond what I can tolerate. So now I'll need to look at fixing this performance issue...

[Samblers]

great stuff, and good looking tyres too!

It sounds like you got a sweet spot with 5th gear on the td5 - my 2010 Puma 2.4L needed something between 5th and 6th gear when dealing with hills towing a camper trailer.

You cant please everyone all the time though, i was happy with it, particularly in the murderous WA heat :BigThumb:

[ctgiles84]

We are headed to Kimberlies end of May 2015. We just bought fender recently to do the trip. We got it early so we can add some bits & pieces diff locks etc. I am busting to do the trip. Will be doing a few little trips between now & then. We have 4 fenders going so far. 2 ex Telstra 130's & 2 110 wagons. 1-130 towing track trailer off road van and mine with the above set up.

BilboBoggles - remap and it is all solved.

[Drover]

my 2010 Puma 2.4L needed something between 5th and 6th gear when dealing with hills towing a camper :

Or.....a BAS map !

[Brad H]

Just wondering what type (brand and model) of electric brake controller you fitted and where the control unit was put in the 110. I am about to get one fitted (sorry not that handy myself) for a new camper I have ordered. Have been looking at the Red Arc remote head model.

Cheers Brad:)

[landy]

Just wondering what type (brand and model) of electric brake controller you fitted and where the control unit was put in the 110. I am about to get one fitted (sorry not that handy myself) for a new camper I have ordered. Have been looking at the Red Arc remote head model.

Cheers Brad:)

Sorry to Hi-Jack the thread. I fitted a Tekconsha P3 about 2 months ago. It fits very nicely under the dash and above the gear lever boot. Very easy to adjust while driving too. I bought it of ebay for $160. Which I thought was a good price.

Regards

Nino.

[ctgiles84]

Tekonsha P3 in mine also. Absolutely awesome and easy to use. Mine is in around same spot. My suggestion is to check where you can reach comfortably as it's you that has to use. But I would say that's the spot to put it. Where are you as am happy to help if you need. We bought off eBay also, paid $150 each about month ago.

[weeds]

Yeah I have a P3 as well operating electric over hydraulic brakes.....smooth as

[Brad H]

Hi Guys (ctgiles84, Kelvin & Nino)

Sorry to hijack this thread but your info is invaluable!

Can you send a photo of where you mounted it in Defender?

The gear lever and high low lever on floor. Did you mean in front of that below the air conditioning button. How did you fasten it to the flimsy plastic there?

Researched the P3 unit and it can be almost vertical as long as it is horizontal. Does it get in the way of gear levers?

Cheers Brad:)

[Cracka]

The search function here is pretty clunky (normally throws up 20 pages worth when I search something) but if you trawl through all of the results you will normally gets results.

Have a look here http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-tutorials/187490-tekonsha-p3-brake-controller-d90.html it might give you some ideas.

I made that thread for this exact reason, some detailed info on running cables etc, but bear in mind that was just my method not saying its the best, there are probably other ways, just not many documented to give any idea.

Mick.

[Brad H]

Mick,

Thank you very much for the reply. This a perfect place to mount it. I tried searching the treads but did not find your thread. Well done.

All the other who have assisted a big thank you to you to. Isn't it a nice thing to be able to do this with this network.

Cheers Brad :)

[Cracka]

No worries Brad hopefully it helps. Thats what I meant about the search function it seems a bit hit and miss.

You're right, it is a great network of knowledge here.

Mick

[rangietragic]

Few years ago towed our trak shak camper[well over a tonne]up to the daintree behind our chipped 130,pulled like a train.Mounted the tekonsha voyager on top of dash to right of steering wheel.Pulled out of a caravan park at port douglas turning right,had to get across in a hurry so wound the hair dryer up a bit and took off,bit of noise and black rubber on road

[ctgiles84]

Brad sorry for not replying had not looked at this for a couple days. I hope it worked out ok for you.

Chris